# pingpong
## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /penɡpɔnɡ/, [ˈpʰeŋˌpʰʌŋ], [pʰeŋˈpʰʌŋ]

### Noun

pingpong c (singular definite pingpongen, not used in plural form)
* ping pong, table tennis
* ping pong, quick dialogue, repartee

#### Synonyms

* (table tennis): bordtennis

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pingpong n (uncountable)
* ping pong, table tennis

#### Synonyms

* (table tennis): tafeltennis

### Verb

pingpong
* inflection of pingpongen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong, of onomatopoeic origin, trademarked by British sports and game equipment manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpimpoŋɡ]
* Hyphenation: ping‧pong
* Rhymes: -oŋɡ

### Noun

pingpong (usually uncountable, plural pingpongok)
* (informal) ping pong
    Synonym: asztalitenisz

#### Usage notes

Pingpong and asztalitenisz are synonyms for table tennis. However, pingpong is used more often in the spoken language and in informal situations and it may also refer to the everyday version of the sport that anyone can play while asztalitenisz means the professional version played by athletes. *Ping-pong with a hyphen is incorrect spelling in all derivations.
The same distinction appears in other pairs of sports-related terms (see below), where in all cases the native term (first column) is the one used in professional or official contexts, and the borrowed one (second column) is to some varying degree colloquial:
    labdarúgás ~ futball (“football”)
    ökölvívás ~ boksz (“boxing”)
    kerékpár ~ bicikli (“bicycle”)

#### Derived terms

* pingpongasztal
* pingpongháló
* pingponglabda
* pingpongozik
* pingpongütő

### Further reading

* pingpong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpinkpɔnk]

### Noun

pingpong m inan (genitive singular pingpongu, nominative plural pingpongy, genitive plural pingpongov, declension pattern of dub)
* ping pong, table tennis
    Synonym: stolný tenis

### References

* “pingpong”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Noun

pingpong c
* (sports, informal) ping pong (table tennis)
    Synonyms: (more common) pingis, (not informal) bordtennis

#### Derived terms

* pingpongboll
* pingpongbord
* pingpongracket

### References

* pingpong in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pingpong in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pingpong in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* pimpong
* ping pong

### Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong, a genericized trademark of onomatopoeic origin. Contrary to a common misconception, the word does not originate from Chinese 乒乓 (pīngpāng).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpiŋpoŋ/ [ˈpim.poŋ]
* Rhymes: -iŋpoŋ
* Syllabification: ping‧pong

### Noun

pingpong (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜅ᜔) (sports)
* ping pong; table tennis

### Further reading

* “pingpong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “pingpong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018